Bessie Eyton
Bessie starred in at least 200 melodrama, action westerns and crime films. In the 1910 she was visiting the Selig Film studios with a party of friends, when a director saw and liked her red hair because he said it would photograph a beautiful black, so he offered her a minor role, she had no formal training on stage, as did many early film actors, she was talented and soon rose to be one of Selig's most popular stars.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1890-07-05 · Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Died
- 1965-01-22
Known for
- The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917) — Texas Ryan
- The Spoilers (1914) — Helen Chester
- The Crisis (1916) — Virginia Carvel
- Blackbeard (1911) — Conchita
- The Law North of 65 (1917) — Jeanne
- Twisted Trails (1916) — Sunshine West
- When the West Was Young (1914) — Nellie Halton
- Cheap Kisses (1924) — Maybelle Wescott
- Lassoing a Lion (1915) — Mary Valjon
- The Red Blood of Courage (1915) — Lydia Duane
- His Fighting Blood (1915) — Hope McTrigger
- The Fork in the Road (1915) — Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
- The Great Experiment (1915) — Ritta
- The Two Natures Within Him (1915) — Mary Bishop
- The Girl of Gold (1925) — Ada Tremaine
- The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912) — The Captain's Daughter